Hi,
Me and my girlfriend have been together for 3.5 years however I'm currently back in the UK due to covid implications.
I was previously on 2 student visas whilst we started dating and would now like to apply for a partner visa.
My first question is, would I be better off applying for an offshore partner visa or getting a tourist visa and then applying for an onshore partner visa when I get there?
Secondly, I have recently realised that I put my relationship status as never married rather than de facto as at the time i didn't really know what it meant and thought it was for engaged people and only counted if you had already been dating/living together for over 12 months. Will they compare the de facto visa against my previous student applications and if so would they refuse the de facto visa due to this or is there a way around it?
Thanks in advance